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  • preposition
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Wright's OE grammar
§54; §211; §559; §645;
Add: A. prep. followed by a case.
with dat.
temporal,
at
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  • Æt ðǽm ýtmestan dæge,

      Bl. H. 51, 8.

  • Æt þisse ilcan tíde,

      91, 14.

  • Æt twám cierrun and æt ðǽm þriddan cierre, Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 28. (l a) where the time is fixed by an occurrence or a condition :-- Æt orwénum lífe

    in extremitate vitae,

      Ll. Th. ii. 170, 18.
  • Gif æt þirsa misdǽda hwelcere se hund losige, i. 78, 5.

  • Gif his mon getilað æt ðǽre yfelan wǽtan (

    when the evil humour is present),

      Lch. ii. 240, 18.

  • Æt ǽnigre neóde,

      Wlfst. 171, 11.

  • Lofsang æt ðám wundrum singan,

      Hml. S. 21, 246. (1 b) with absolute dat. (cf.
    similar use in Gothic and Icelandic) :-- Æt þám gewordenan ǽfne, Nic. 10, 36.
local
where there is motion
to an object
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  • Hié héton Ióhannes æt his mynstre gebrengan,

      Ors. 6, 10; S. 264, 21: Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 1.

  • Æt hám gebring,

      Lch. ii. 292, 25.
motion
from
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  • Se sceocca sceall áswǽman æt ús, . . . and Gríst hine ádrǽfð þæt hé ús derian ne mæge,

      Hml. S. 17, 203.
rest
marking point at which, object by or
in contact with which something is placed
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  • Hé geseah áne hlǽdre standan æt him . . . æt ðǽm uferran ende Dryhten hlinode,

      Past. 101, 19.

  • Ðá gesáwon hí ðǽr monige men æt him beón (

    adfuisse

    ),
      Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 21.

  • Hé gesǽton æt mé (

    circa me

    ), óþer æt mínum heáfde, óþer æt mínum fótum,
      5, 13; S. 632, 35.

  • Gegyred myd hǽran æt hyre lýchaman,

      Shrn. 149, 20. ¶
  • in place-names

    On ðǽr estówe ðe is cweden Æt twyfyrde,

      Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 5.

  • In loco qui uulgari dictione nuncupatur at Archet,

      C. D. ii. 213, 33.

  • Kóka ealdormon tówearp ðá burg æt Hierusalem,

      Past. 311, 6.
marking person with whom or place at or
in which a person resides
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  • Ða beféng Ælfsige þone mann æt Wulfstáne,

      Cht. Th. 206, 23.

  • Leófríc æt (

    who lived at

    ) Hwítciricean . . . and Godwine æt
      Worðige, Chr. 1001; P. 132, 6, 8.
  • Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ. Bl. H. 41, 28.
in various cases
marking object with which one is occupied
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  • Hí æt láre wǽron,

      Hml. S. 29, 10.

  • Ic stande æt gebede,

      Ps. Th. 5, 3.

  • Hé sæt æt þǽm ǽfengereordum,

      Bl. H. 73, 4.
marking person
with whom another is brought into relation
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  • Hé hæfde mycele gife æt his hláforde,

      Gen. 39, 4.
  • Swá ús bið æt Gode, ðonne wé wið hine gesyngiað. Past. 425, 4.

  • Hit stent on úrum dihte hú ús bið æt Gode gedémed,

      Hml. Th. i. 52, 32.
implying adhesion
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  • Ealle ðá men þe æt þǽre láre wǽron þæt mon Pompeius ofslóg

    omnes interfectores Pompeii,

      Ors. 5, 12; S. 242, 23.

  • Hé feóll mid eallum ðám englum ðe æt his rǽde wǽron,

      Hex. 18, 3.
marking object on which action takes effect
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  • Þonne áh se teónd áne swingellan æt him,

      Ll. Th. i. 132, 9.

  • Wé magon beón nyttran æt him

    utilius apud eos proficimus,

      Past. 211, 21.

  • Wé habbað gedón swá swá ús swutelung fram eów com æt ðám ƀ. Æðelnóðe,

      Cht. Th. 314, 2.
  • Ðæt his fót æt stáne oþspurne. Bl. H. 29, 31.
marking object in respect to which some condition or circumstance is given,
in the case of
of persons
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  • Sé ðe scyldunga bǽde æt (

    in the case of

    ) ofslagenum þeófe,
      Ll. Th. i. 204, 27.

  • Be ordále æt þám mannum þe oft betihtlede wǽron,

      202, 24.
of things
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  • Æt þám feówer tóðum fyrestum, æt gehwylcum, .vi. scillingas,

      Ll. Th. i. 16, 2, 14, 15 : 18, 17.

  • Ic eom unscyldig æt þǽre tihtlan,

      180, 16.

  • Ðæt hé feorh ne geséce æt openre þýfðe,

      392, 3: 240, 30.

  • Æt þýfðe gewita beón,

      200, 20.

  • Ealles folces þing byð þe betere æt þám þýfðum,

      238, 20: 250, 5.

  • Æt eallum slyht and æt ealre þǽre hergunge and æt eallum þám hearmum. . . man eall onweig lǽte,

      288, 1.

  • Hwæt tó bóte mihte æt þǽm fǽrcwealme,

      270, 9: Cht. Th. 265, 10.

  • Ðæt se mæssepreóst æt þám þingum (

    in illis rebus

    ) þone bisceop áspelian móte,
      Ll. Th. ii. 176, 33.
marking source
at or
from which something is got
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  • Hé geceápade mid his feó æt þǽm consule þæt. . . ,

      Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 15.

  • Hwæt hæfst ðú æt þám gifum?,

      Bt. 13 ; F. 38, 4.

  • Hé hine gebohte æt þám mannum,

      Gen. 39, 1: Hml. S. 29, 150.
at or from which something is sought, learnt, known, &c.
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  • Leornige gehwá Godes beboda æt wísum láreówum,

      Hml, S. 12, 136.

  • Hé undernam láre æt him,

      29, 76.

  • Hí ætgædere gelǽrede wǽron æt Aristotolese

    sibi apud Aristotelem condiscipulum,

      Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 132, 2.

  • Eówer blód ic ofgange æt wilddeórum and eác æt þám men,

      Gen. 9, 5.

  • Ic ne mæg findan æt mé seolfum þæt ic hine geseó,

      Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 1. (g)
    where there is contributory payment :-- Æt ǽlcon stiłł, penig, Ll. Th. i. 226, 3.

  • Æt heáfde peninc, æt sylh peninc, gesyfledne hláf ǽt hreócendum heorðe, Wlfst. 170, 20. (h) with verbs of saving, redeeming, &c.,

    from

    :-- Ðæt lond æt him álésan,
      Ors. 1. 10; S. 44, 9.

  • Gyf hit man æt ðeófes hands áhret,

      Ll. Th. i. 226, 4.

  • Hí áhreddon þæt cild æt þám wulfe, Hml. S. 30, 186. (i) marking object of which one is deprived :-- Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter

    si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit,

      Ll. Th. ii. 208, 7.
  • Gif man beó æt his ǽhtan bereáfod, i. 286, 16: Gen. 43, 18: Ex. 32, 25.

  • Hé hine berǽdde æt þám ríce,

      Chr. 887; P. 80, 18. (j)
    marking source from which action proceeds :-- Hé wearð ácweald æt his witena handum, Hml. Th. i. 60, 4.

  • Hí wǽron gemartyrode æt þám mánfullan Nero,

      Hml. S. 29, 117.

  • Heó wearð gehǽled æt þám apostole,

      36, 264.
with instrumental
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  • Æt sume cierre,

      Past. 131, 12.
with acc., marking limit. Cf. oþ.
temporal,
until
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  • Hé hit nó ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes dæges sceolde hám cuman,

      Gr. D. 206, 22.

  • Seó is nú get æt þysne andweardan dæg mid wuldrum geweorþod,

      Bl. H. 125, 17.

  • Ríneþ blódig regn æt ǽfen,

      91, 34: 93, 3.

  • Eall eorþe bið mid þeóstrum oforþeaht æt þá endlyftan tíd,

      93, 6.
local,
unto, up to
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  • Hí hine besencton on þá eá æt his cneówa,

      Bl. H. 43, 30.

  • Geond ealle eorþan gǽþ heora swég, æt þá ýtmestan gemǽro heora lár and heoraword,

      133, 35.

  • Andlanges ðǽre díc æt ðæne ellenstyb,

      C. D. iii. 24, 3.
  • B. adv. or without following case.
where there is motion to an object
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  • Sé sé ðe swelc ne sié dǽr nó æt ne cume,

      Past. 59, 10.

  • Ic eów cleopode tó mé, ac gé mé noldon æt cuman,

      247, 21.
motion from
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  • Eówerne gefeán eów nán mon æt ne genimð. Past. 187, 22.

  • Wiþ ðæt beón æt ne fleón,

      Lch. i. 96, 25.
rest
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  • Mid eallum his geféran ðe ðær æt wǽron

    (qui aderant),

      Bd. l, 25; 8. 487, 7: Gr. D. 220, 6.

  • Æt wǽron úre bróþru,

      Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 12.

  • Ðé men ðe him æt wǽron,

      5, 5; S. 618, 6: Hml. S. 30, 144.

  • Mé wǽron æt manige men,

      Gr. D. 83, 13.

  • Búton ic æt wese (

    adsim

    ) eów.
      Coll. M. 28, 21.

  • Ic bidde þæt þú æt sý mínum sangum,

      Lch. i. 308, 22.

  • Ðǽm bréðer ðe him æt stód,

      Shrn. 64, 12: Bl. H. 149, 31.

  • Ðá ðe mé æt sǽton

    qui mihi adsederant,

      Bd. 5, 13 ; S. 633, 12. See
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Bosworth, Joseph. “æt.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/38001.

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